Today we're staring a three week campaign to show the world we, the people of New York City, can and do get outdoors. We encourage everyone to upload your best camping photos to instagram with the tag #NewYorkersCanCamp and we'll pull them all onto our website into one main place so we can see all of the awesome places people have been.

** Tag your posts with @olympiaoutdoors and @outdoorfest and you'll be automatically entered to win a full camping experience (Gear + Camp site included) sponsored by Olympia Outdoors (full rules here). **

Camping Stories from the blog

Here are some of our favorite camping stories from the last year - comments are OPEN for other stories below:

Camping at Floyd Bennett Field (in Brooklyn)

Section Hiking the Appalachian Trail without a Car

Staying in Yurts in the Adirondacks

In conclusion, New Yorkers CAN Camp!